FoodLogiQ Comments: New Era of Smarter Food Safety Summit on E-Commerce
In October 2021, the FDA held the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Summit on E-Commerce: Ensuring the Safety of Foods Ordered Online and Delivered Directly to Consumers. This summit featured a series of meetings geared towards helping the agency better comprehend how human and animal foods are sold via B2C e-commerce mediums across the United States. The latter is especially important considering the growing number of consumers who have turned to online food ordering, in addition to expanding and adaptive business models. Additionally, the recently held summit comprises a goal set forth within the New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint.